Foreign ministers of France and 14 other countries represented at a special UN conference issued a "New York call" urging nations across the world to recognise a Palestinian state, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Wednesday.

Euro slides as investors bet that long-awaited trade agreement will hurt Eurozone economy

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted French President Emmanuel Macron decision to recognise a Palestinian state as “reckless” while Saudi Arabia described it as “historic” as world reactions to the plan poured in ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting in September.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against US right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, who has repeatedly claimed that the wife of the president used to be a man. The Macrons said Owens' claims were "designed to harass and cause pain ... and to garner attention".

The social network has denied claims of algorithm manipulation and described the probe as an attack on free speech

Politicians claim that the platform’s algorithms boost hate speech and threaten democracy

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been discharged from hospital after being treated for gastroenteritis.

The coordinated move highlights the hardening of several countries’ stance toward Israel amid the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The top pornographic websites in France – Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube – on Wednesday blacked out in protest over the country’s new age verification requirements. According to the government's rules, users now must prove their age with a credit card or an ID document, but operators argue this puts people’s data at risk.  

The French President has broken his silence on the viral moment, after his team initially claimed the shocking video was fake.

Footage of the French president and his wife appearing to have an altercation in Vietnam went viral.

Gerald Darmanin has argued that digital transactions are much easier to trace

French prosecutors called for a ten-year prison sentence to the main suspect in the 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian during fashion week in Paris. Aomar Ait Khedache has admitted to tying Kardashian up, but denies being the mastermind of the robbery.

A student has died in a French high school after another student allegedly stabbed several classmates in horror scenes.

The October 2016 robbery took place in a Paris apartment where Kardashian was staying for Paris Fashion Week.

The tit-for-tat move comes after the North African country accused Paris of “disgraceful” behavior

Several French prisons were attacked overnight, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday, with assailants burning vehicles and in one instance firing automatic weapons. Darmanin, who was quick to link the incidents to France's campaign against drug trafficking, is travelling to the site of one of the attacks in the southern city of Toulon. 

The trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy came to a close this week, ending three months of exhaustive examination of allegations that the right-wing politician had struck a bargain with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 bid for office. It’s a story with all the makings of a seedy spy thriller – and one that won’t reach its conclusion until September.